Wrapped article



Feb. 14,1939. E. F; CORNOCK 2,146,940

WRAPPED ARTICLE Filed April 19, 1957 INVENTOR flan Am I. co/macx TTORNEYS Patented Feb. 14, 1939 2,146,940

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIeE WRAPPED ARTICLE Edward F. Cornock, Springfield, Mass, assignor to Package Machinery Company, Springfield, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application April 19, 1937, Serial No. 137,676

1 Claim. (01. 206-46) This invention relates to the wrapping of artia top portion i2 secured to the body by a bead cles having an irregular contour, and will be i3 and having a perforated neck covered by a described in its application to the wrapping of friction or screw cap I l. Due to the presence a tooth powder container having a friction top of the bead l3 it is possible to apply a cardboard 5 of the cap type. Such articles obviously present sheath 15 to the upper part of the can only, difficulties due to the irregular shape of one end. the sheath resting at its bottom against the bead It has heretofore been proposed to wrap articles and extending at its top substantially to the having one end of reduced size, such as bottles, level of the top of the cap M. The sheath is by enclosing them in a cardboard or corrugated made of a section of a cardboard tube, or of a board sheath over which the wrapping was wound piece of cardboard with its ends secured tom circumferentially. This method of wrapping gether, and is of a size to fit snugly over the top supports the circumferential wrapping satisfacportion I2. torily, but unless it is permissible to merely tuck The can with the cardboard sheath thereon the ends of the wrapper inside the sheath it is then brought into contact with the center of does not completely solve the problem. Partica piece of wrapping material It as in Fig. 4, 15 ularly where a substantially airtight and dustand the wrapper is bent down against opposite proof wrapping is desired this manner of wrapsides of the can as in Fig. 5. The wrapper is ping is unsatisfactory as it requires making and stretched across the open end of the cardboard sealing the folds across the open end of the sheath and completely covers it, so that no folds sheath without internal support. occur at this point where there would be nothing The present invention provides a manner of against which to press the folds. At the same wrapping an article with an irregular end by time that the wrapper is thus folded down, or means of which a dustproof package may be immediately thereafter, tucks ii are formed in provided. The invention also serves to permit its sides, and the outwardly extending sides of the Wrapping of such articles by automatic mathe wrapper are then turned down in overlap- 25 chinery. A further object of the invention is to ping folds i8 and i9 and secured together by improve the appearance and tightness of the any suitable sealing medium. If the wrapper wrapping by eliminating all folds from the irbe of a character having a fusible coating the regular end of the article. sealing may be done by heat; otherwise a suit- Referring to h d aw able solvent or adhesive may be used. End tucks 30 Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a friction or screw 20 (Fig. '7) are then made in the end of the top can which will serve as an example of an wrapper, and finally the extending end flaps 2| object with an irregular end which can be wrapped and 22 are folded down in overlapping relation in accordance with the present invention; and secured in place as in the case of the side Fig. 2 is a top plan thereof; folds. 35

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the The finished package is shown at Fig. 10. article with a protective cardboard sheath ap- Since there are no folds at all at the top of the plied thereto; package, where the wrapper bridges across the Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are side elevations showing open top of the sheath, and since the end folds 4o suc e ve stages in t w pp ng of the article, are made against the bottom of the article, a 0

the pp being Shown in 4 as P t y very neat appearance is had. This is particularly broken away to avoid interference with other true where, as is commonly the case, a transviews; parent cellulose wrapping material is used. It Fig. 7 is a bottom end View of the partially will also be observed that since the wrapping wrapped article showing the formation of the operation starts at the open end of the sheath 45 first end tucks; and proceeds towards the bottom of the article Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view of the artithe tightness of the wrapper across the top of ale in the same condition shown in Fig. 7; the article will be preserved. The top of the Fig. 9 is a bottom View 'of the completely article can readily be seen through the transwrapped article; and parent wrapper, and the cardboard sheath can 50 Fig. 10 is a perspective View of the wrapped be colored or ornamented so that the wrapped article. article as a whole presents a pleasing appearance.

The article chosen for illustration of the im- If preferred, the cardboard sheath may extend proved manner of wrapping is a can designed the whole length of the article instead of terfor tooth powder. It comprises a body II, and minating at the bead l3. 55

portion of the can, and a wrapper bridging the open end of the sheath in unfolded condition, the wrapper being folded and sealed along the sides of the can and at the end thereof remote from said reduced end.

EDWARD F. CORNOCK. 

